This is the base plate for a stand of grape shot. A full stand of grape would also include inter spaced plates and 8 more iron balls. This size was probably for a 24 lbs. artillery piece. These items were purchased in Amelia Island, Georgia.

Describes coldest day of the season 18 degrees outside and snow. The southern army is at Murfreesboro & Shelbyville. The Yankees are at Nashville. Bouse, who had been barefoot all of the fall, got his shoes last night. L. V. F. is as good as...

In thie entry Lucy Virginia writes of Mrs A. going out her the front door and meeting a soldier who demanded 15 lbs. of bread. He proved to be part of a Confederate scout operation of about 20 men. Lucy Vriginia writes of hiding in a canister the...

In this entry Lucy Virginia writes of Mrs A. going out her the front door and meeting a soldier who demanded 15 lbs. of bread. He proved to be part of a Confederate scout operation of about 20 men. Lucy Virginia writes of hiding in a canister the...

Weather is better. Mr. Wallace plans to go to Nashville & LVF will send her letters to Lide and Mrs. Armfield with him. Coggins has just returned from Nashville with newspapers. From these Lee appears to be holding his own in Virginia & Sherman has...

Correspondence from John G. Latta to his mother, Lucinda (Gilchrist). Letter is from her son in Boston and is dated August 17, 1861. He states that his family will leave Boston for Tennessee on September 3. He is very anxious to get home. He...

Written from the Union earthen fort and depot at Johnsonville -"a new place, probably not on the map"- he speaks of drawing "250 lbs of Beef and 90 lbs bread" from the "Comisary" and being marched "into a large building built for a machine shop on...

Writing in May 1861 from McMinnville to someone named "Alex", Confederate soldier William Thompson writes of death of his brother, Jim, at Barrancas Barrack (Pensacola, FL) of typhoid fever. Continues on to say that companies are at Camp Trousdale...

Author relates that his US Army regiment arrived at Ft. Donelson one day after the (second) Battle of Ft. Donelson (also called the Battle of Dover). "I was on the Battle Ground and saw four dead men and dead Horse[s] without number--it was a...

In thie entry Lucy Virginia writes of Mrs A. going out her the front door and meeting a soldier who demanded 15 lbs. of bread. He proved to be part of a Confederate scout operation of about 20 men. Lucy Vriginia writes of hiding in a canister the...

Weather is better. Mr. Wallace plans to go to Nashville & LVF will send her letters to Lide and Mrs. Armfield with him. Coggins has just returned from Nashville with newspapers. From these Lee appears to be holding his own in Virginia & Sherman has...

Santa Claus couldnt get thro the pickets, - Jessie wanted to know why the old fellow couldnt go to his Quartermaster and get him a pass? They seemed to enjoy their Christmas quite as well as usual however, notwithstanding that Santa Claus was...

Artillery projectiles of this type were designed for the heavy cannon used on US Navy gunboats. This particular shell was used in the 50 lbs. Dahlgren rifled cannon. The solid iron shot weighed 50 lbs. and required over 3 lbs. of gun powder to fire...

Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...